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Hattersley

British  
/ ˈhætəzlɪ /

noun

  1. Roy ( Sydney George ), Baron Hattersley of Sparkbrook. born 1932, British Labour politician; deputy leader of the Labour Party (1983–92); shadow home secretary (1980–83; 1987–92)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He was created a life peer, Baron Hattersley of Sparkbrook, and - having done so much to pave the way for New Labour - promptly became one of its most visible critics.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2026

After two election defeats, both Hattersley and Kinnock resigned.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2026

Hattersley once joked that Margaret Thatcher changed the political weather, and "it hasn't stopped raining since".

From BBC Jun. 14, 2026

In the general election of October 1964, Hattersley won the seat as Labour scraped back into power with a parliamentary majority of just four.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2026

"Well—I don't want people to think that James Hattersley cared for me—I certainly never cared for him—nor that he proposed; so I shall go to the ball."

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

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